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Article ELIBANK; OR, THE NOBLE BASKET-MAKER. ← Page 8 of 8 Article A MASON'S ADVENTURE; Page 1 of 8 →
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Elibank; Or, The Noble Basket-Maker.
disaster at sea usually happen during the winter months . On their near approach to the mansion the heart of Lad y Elibank bounded at the prospect before , her . It was then an hour past sunset , and on the surrounding hills and neighbouring promontarics bonfires and tarbarrels were blazing in all directions . The whole of the tenantry on the estates , together with their labourcis and dependents , were congregated to welcome home their lord with his beautiful and blooming
bride . The festivities ivere kept up with great Jife and spirit for the space of three days , "and all went merry as a marriage bell , " until men , women and children , rich and poor , young and old , were worn out with very merriment , and retired to their respective homes to offer up prayers for the health and happiness of the newl y married couple , who , to all appearance , lived but for each other , and " who commenced their career by numerous acts of charity and goodwill to all around them .
A Mason's Adventure;
A MASON'S ADVENTURE ;
OR , THK ADVANTAGE IN TRAVELLING OF BEING A FUEJ . i . iASON . TllOM THE ROAD-BOOK OP llltO . SLADE , CLEIIK , ETC . { Continue I from poire 3 ii Vol J !) " In ev ' ry jilace a friend , in ev ' ry clime a home . " . M ... SCN . 0 So . vo .
AN hour after my gratifying interview with Dr . Oliver , I was visa-vis with mine host of the Star and Garter , Brother Law , on a trip to Boscobel . A more intelligent guide I could not have had , for he knew the country well , and every gentleman ' s seat , and every person of consequence in it . His conversation therefore was most entertainiii" -. But before we started , I must not omit to state , he exhibited to me in his stairs
superior apartments up , the most perfect antique bedstead of the reign of Charles the First ever brought under my observation . Our worthy Brother appears to have a peculiar taste for collecting very old furniture , which he restores to its former beauty , decorating his house with it , and carrying back the passing traveller , ' in his historical recollections , to the clays of the Tudors and Stuarts . After the battle of Naresby , Charles I . with the Prince of Wales and the young Duke of York
, rested at the Star and Garter in those " olden clays ; " and certainly the antiquity and style of the bedstead would warrant a legend that it was the identical bed in ivhich the king slept ! To the man of vertu it would be worth travelling any distance to behold so perfect a specimen of old English furniture . I also took a view of the Lodge room which is held in Brother Law ' s house . It is a comfortable and spacious apartment , very wisely situated ; but Masonry , I understood , was in a very dormant state at Wolverhampton . The first gentleman ' s seat we came to was Chillington Hall , the residence and property of the Giffard family , who took a conspicuous part
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Elibank; Or, The Noble Basket-Maker.
disaster at sea usually happen during the winter months . On their near approach to the mansion the heart of Lad y Elibank bounded at the prospect before , her . It was then an hour past sunset , and on the surrounding hills and neighbouring promontarics bonfires and tarbarrels were blazing in all directions . The whole of the tenantry on the estates , together with their labourcis and dependents , were congregated to welcome home their lord with his beautiful and blooming
bride . The festivities ivere kept up with great Jife and spirit for the space of three days , "and all went merry as a marriage bell , " until men , women and children , rich and poor , young and old , were worn out with very merriment , and retired to their respective homes to offer up prayers for the health and happiness of the newl y married couple , who , to all appearance , lived but for each other , and " who commenced their career by numerous acts of charity and goodwill to all around them .
A Mason's Adventure;
A MASON'S ADVENTURE ;
OR , THK ADVANTAGE IN TRAVELLING OF BEING A FUEJ . i . iASON . TllOM THE ROAD-BOOK OP llltO . SLADE , CLEIIK , ETC . { Continue I from poire 3 ii Vol J !) " In ev ' ry jilace a friend , in ev ' ry clime a home . " . M ... SCN . 0 So . vo .
AN hour after my gratifying interview with Dr . Oliver , I was visa-vis with mine host of the Star and Garter , Brother Law , on a trip to Boscobel . A more intelligent guide I could not have had , for he knew the country well , and every gentleman ' s seat , and every person of consequence in it . His conversation therefore was most entertainiii" -. But before we started , I must not omit to state , he exhibited to me in his stairs
superior apartments up , the most perfect antique bedstead of the reign of Charles the First ever brought under my observation . Our worthy Brother appears to have a peculiar taste for collecting very old furniture , which he restores to its former beauty , decorating his house with it , and carrying back the passing traveller , ' in his historical recollections , to the clays of the Tudors and Stuarts . After the battle of Naresby , Charles I . with the Prince of Wales and the young Duke of York
, rested at the Star and Garter in those " olden clays ; " and certainly the antiquity and style of the bedstead would warrant a legend that it was the identical bed in ivhich the king slept ! To the man of vertu it would be worth travelling any distance to behold so perfect a specimen of old English furniture . I also took a view of the Lodge room which is held in Brother Law ' s house . It is a comfortable and spacious apartment , very wisely situated ; but Masonry , I understood , was in a very dormant state at Wolverhampton . The first gentleman ' s seat we came to was Chillington Hall , the residence and property of the Giffard family , who took a conspicuous part